Low Risk

get-personas

Get information about who CSI Dynamic Standards serves — specifiers, architects, building engineers, contractors, and owners/facility managers — with role-specific benefits

Part of the The Construction Standard MCP server. Enforce policies on this tool with Intercept, the open-source MCP proxy.

AI agents call get-personas to retrieve information from The Construction Standard without modifying any data. This is common in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows where the agent needs context before taking action. Because read operations don't change state, they are generally safe to allow without restrictions -- but you may still want rate limits to control API costs.

Even though get-personas only reads data, uncontrolled read access can leak sensitive information or rack up API costs. An agent caught in a retry loop could make thousands of calls per minute. A rate limit gives you a safety net without blocking legitimate use.

Read-only tools are safe to allow by default. No rate limit needed unless you want to control costs.

theconstructionstandard-the-construction-standard.yaml
tools:
  get-personas:
    rules:
      - action: allow

See the full The Construction Standard policy for all 9 tools.

Tool Name get-personas
Category Read
Risk Level Low

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Agents calling read-class tools like get-personas have been implicated in these attack patterns. Read the full case and prevention policy for each:

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Other tools in the Read risk category across the catalogue. The same policy patterns (rate-limit, allow) apply to each.

What does the get-personas tool do? +

Get information about who CSI Dynamic Standards serves — specifiers, architects, building engineers, contractors, and owners/facility managers — with role-specific benefits. It is categorised as a Read tool in the The Construction Standard MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.

How do I enforce a policy on get-personas? +

Add a rule in your Intercept YAML policy under the tools section for get-personas. You can allow, deny, rate-limit, or validate arguments. Then run Intercept as a proxy in front of the The Construction Standard MCP server.

What risk level is get-personas? +

get-personas is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.

Can I rate-limit get-personas? +

Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the get-personas rule in your Intercept policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.

How do I block get-personas completely? +

Set action: deny in the Intercept policy for get-personas. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.

What MCP server provides get-personas? +

get-personas is provided by the The Construction Standard MCP server (theconstructionstandard/the-construction-standard). Intercept sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.

Enforce policies on The Construction Standard

Open source. One binary. Zero dependencies.

npx -y @policylayer/intercept
github.com/policylayer/intercept →
// GET IN TOUCH

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